EVA'S POV
'Eva calm down, you'll be fine, trust me.' My cousin, Finn, said to me with a smile.
'I can't help it, I'm nervous, it's a new school.' I replied, he laughed at bit and put his arm around me.
'Well don't worry; you've got me to look out for you. Come on, I'll take you to the office and you can get your timetable.' He said to me and we walked into the school. We headed to the office where we were stopped by a man who was smiling at us.
'I'm Mr Byrne the head teacher here at Waterloo Road School and you must be Eva Sharkey.' The man said to me as he held out his hand for me to shake it, I took it and shook it.
'I hope you don't mind but I'm going to be trialling a new scheme on you, I really hope you don't mind.' Mr Byrne said as he ushered Finn and I into what appeared to be his office.
'What's the scheme?' I ask him as we all sit down.
'Well it's a mentoring scheme, any new students will be partnered with another student who is in the same year as them and in the same classes as them, they will then show them around and be a friend that is there for them. It stops any new students feeling as if they don't have any friends here when they first start and prevents them from getting lost. This scheme was actually Finn's idea so it seems quite fitting that it's trialled on his cousin.' Mr Byrne said to me with a smile. I looked over at Finn next to me who was nodding along with the idea.
'Ok then, so will Finn be my mentor then seeing as we're in the same year?' I asked him.
'Well no, I thought about it but the two of you aren't in many lessons together so it wouldn't really fit in with the scheme. Also because you two already know it each other it would take away the whole point of the scheme which is to make new friends here so you feel at ease.' He replied, I nodded in understanding, I get it, it's a pretty good idea this scheme.
'Ok then, so who will my mentor be then?' I asked, feeling slightly impatient as I wanted to find out who it was.
'Hold on one minute, he should be here now, I'll just go and get him.' He said before leaving the office. I looked over at Finn again who was smiling at me.
'You'll be fine, all of the people that had put their names down to be mentors are all really nice so you'll be fine and even if they aren't then at least you still have me.' He said to me with a smile. The door opened again and Mr Byrne walked in with an Asian guy who had his hands in his pockets as he swaggered into the room and shut the door behind him. I felt Finn stand up as soon as he walked in.
'No. No way is he being Eva's mentor. I'm sorry sir but that is not happening.' Finn said angrily to Mr Byrne, I turned round to look at Finn who had his fists clenched and an angry look on his face. He was shooting the guy stood next to Mr Byrne daggers.
'Finn what's wrong?' I asked him.
'He's trouble and I don't want him anywhere near you.' Finn said as he stabbed a finger towards him.
'Finn, he won't be causing any trouble, believe me.' Mr Byrne said to him in attempt to reassure him and calm him down slightly.
'Of course he'll cause trouble. He's just come back from suspension. Again. Do you really think that he'll stay out of trouble?' Finn asked angrily.
'I don't even want to do this anyway and he doesn't want me to do this so why are you making me?' The guy said to Mr Byrne, speaking for the first time.
'You know exactly why you're doing this, if you don't then you're out for good and I mean it this time Tariq. So don't argue with me as I'm sick of your antics so this will give you some responsibility. And don't worry Finn; he will be behaving so you have nothing to worry about.' Mr Byrne said the first part to Tariq and the second part to Finn.
'You know what, I honestly don't care about who it is who shows me around, just as long as someone does.' I said and the three of them all looked at me.
'Well then that's settled, Tariq will be mentoring Eva as arranged before and if there is any trouble then it will be dealt with straight away. Now get to class, Eva you're in all of Tariq's classes so he can take you there.' Mr Byrne said before opening the door and indicating that we should go. The three of us stepped out of the office, I was stood in the middle of Finn and Tariq and I could feel Finn giving Tariq dirty looks and shooting daggers over my head at him.
'OK then, so I'm Eva it's nice to meet you.' I said to him trying to make conversation and break the awkwardness that was currently going on.
'Yeah, I'm Tariq, nice to meet you to.' He said in a couldn't-care-less tone of voice. Finn suddenly stepped out in front of him and stopped there.
'Look, if I find out that you're not doing this job properly then I'll make sure that Mr Byrne knows and I'll make sure that he regards it as trouble, have you got that. I'm not having Eva treated badly just because you can't be bothered.' Finn said to him seriously.
'Fine, I'll do it properly. Come on Eva, we don't want to be late.' He said to me before walking round Finn and off down the corridor, he turned round after a few feet and said to me 'are you coming?' before turning back and walking off. I looked at Finn who was shaking his head at him. I smiled in return, said bye to Finn and hurried off down the corridor after him.
Ok so I hope that you enjoy this chapter, I'm going to be publishing the first chapter of the Use Somebody sequel in about an hour or so but this is something different to what I've written before so I hope you enjoy it and please review it :) xx